Nike from Myrina in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Nike


Creator: Greek (Artist)

Period: ca. 200-150 BC (Greco-Roman)

Medium: terracotta (Ceramics)

Accession Number: 48.295

Measurements: 10 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 4 7/16 in. (27.7 x 13.4 x 11.2 cm)

Geographies: Myrina, Turkey (Place of Origin)


One of the most flourishing workshops for Hellenistic terracottas was located on the western coast of Asia Minor at Myrina. This elegant Nike is a good representation of this fabric. The complicated twisted pose of this figure and the agitation of the wind-blown garment are distinctly Hellenistic and look to the "Winged Victory of Samothrace" created later in the 2nd century BC (Louvre Museum, Paris). Behind each arm is a slit where wings would once have been attached.

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